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Snapchat is limiting friend recommendations for teen accounts
Snapchat is changing up its friend recommendation feature following calls for increased teen safety on the app.
Snapchat adds bitmoji reactions and threaded replies to chats
Other new features include emoji-driven polls in stories and snaps.
Snapchat is hoping lens creators can make augmented reality useful
Snap is hoping its lens creators, some fo whom are also experimenting with its AR Spectacles, will make augmented reality more useful.
Snapchat adds memories and exploration features to the Snap Map
These are the first of several Layers that are coming to the Snap Map.
Snapchat’s camera can identify food and recommend recipes
Food Scan is the latest addition to the app’s “scan” functionality, which also allows users to identify plants and dog breeds and items of clothing.
Snapchat is adding TikTok-like AR music lenses
Sometime “soon,” the company says it will release a set that will feature pre-selected songs embedded in the filter.
Snap, TikTok and YouTube need to do more to protect children, lawmakers say
At a Senate hearing on child safety and social media, Snap, YouTube and TikTok promised new safety features, but lawmakers weren't impressed.
Snap says Apple's privacy changes hurt its ad business more than it expected
Snap is finally seeing the effects of Apple’s iOS 14 privacy changes on its ad business and the changes have had a bigger impact than it expected.
Quick Tap to Snap is a Pixel 6-first camera shortcut for Snapchat
Quick Tap to Snap allows you to quickly access the Snapchat camera by tapping the back of the Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro twice.
Snapchat is back online after outage (updated)
Some users were unable to send snaps for a couple of hours.
Snapchat's newest in-app tool encourages young people to run for office
Snap is introducing a new tool to help more young Americans get involved in local and state politics.
Ray-Ban Stories vs. Snapchat Spectacles: Who wants Facebook on their face?
What the Facebook-powered Ray-Ban Stories and Snapchat's Spectacles can tell us about the future of augmented reality.
Snapchat's new lenses and stickers can teach you basic sign language
Snapchat is rolling out new augmented reality lenses and stickers that can give you cursory lessons on sign language.
Snapchat will be home to the latest 'Among Us' clone
Zynga's 'ReVamp' is the app's first social deception game.
I wish Ray-Ban's Stories smart glasses were made by anyone but Facebook
I’ve spent much of the last week trying out Ray-ban Stories, the new smart glasses made by Facebook and Ray-Ban owner Luxottica, and I’m still not entirely sure how I feel about them.
Snapchat makes it easier to track and celebrate friends' birthdays
Snap is introducing a fun new way for Snapchat users to track and celebrate the birthdays of their friends.
Snapchat upgrades its camera to highlight visual search
Snapchat is upgrading its visual search features, and putting them at the center of its app.
Snapchat Trends is an overview of the most popular keywords in use in Stories
Snap is introducing a new tool called Snapchat Trends that provides an overview of the most popular keywords currently in use on the app.
TikTok tests Stories feature outside of the US
TikTok is no stranger to other companies copying the format of its signature short-form videos, but now it may do the same with Stories
WhatsApp adds disappearing ‘view once’ photos to its app
WhatsApp will allow users to send "view once" photos that disappear after being viewed.